Matt Forde 
Brexit, Pursued By A Bear 
is visiting Southend’s Palace Theatre
22nd March ​2020

 
“Our foremost satirical stand-up...Whatever your politics, you’ll find excellence here”
★★★★ Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times 
"Matt Forde never fails with his state-of-the-nation address, a mix of bang-on-the-money political takedowns and spot-on impressions"★★★★ Mark Wareham, Mail On Sunday
“Matt Forde is the consummate political comedian” ★★★★ Tim Cornwell, The Scotsman
★★★★ Dominic Maxwell, The Times
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In 2019 alone, Matt ran the News Desk on Channel 4’s Alternative Election Night, was invited to chair the One Nation Conservative leadership hustings, interviewing Michael Gove, Matt Hancock, Jeremy Hunt and Dominic Raab, to host the People’s Vote rally featuring speeches from figures including Luciana Berger, Vince Cable, Michael Heseltine and Caroline Lucas and to debate Britain’s withdrawal from the EU with Tony Blair for the Institute Of Global Change. In his Political Party podcast, he has spoken to guests ranging from Nicola Sturgeon, former Change UK MPs Heidi Allen and Chuka Umunna, David Blunkett, Momentum’s Jon Lansman, George Osborne and Rory Stewart to name a few.
 
A former advisor to the Labour Party, Matt has hosted four series of Unspun on Dave. The highly topical political comedy chat received a nomination for the Best Entertainment Programme Broadcast Digital Award last year, following a nomination for the same award in the previous year. Matt presents Absolute Radio’s weekly Rock n Roll Football Show with other broadcast credits including: Have I Got News For You (BBC One), The Royal Variety Performance (ITV), Mock The Week (BBC Two), Rory Bremner’s Coalition Report and Rory Bremner’s Election Report (BBC Two), Question Time (BBC One), This Week (BBC One), Newsnight (BBC Two) and Daily Politics (BBC Two). In the lead up to the 2017 General Election, Matt was a regular guest on the One Show, observing the best and most bizarre moments of the campaign.

The Political Party has been a sell-out show during its monthly residency at Westminster’s The Other Palace for nearly six years. He has brought Parliament to life with his stand-up and debate with some of politics’ most powerful and notorious figures, including Ed Balls, Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell, Ruth Davidson, Kezia Dugdale, Nigel Farage, Harriet Harman, Alan Johnson, Neil Kinnock, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Michael Portillo, Lord Prescott, Jack Straw, Nicola Sturgeon and Dame Tessa Jowell. The Political Party is now released weekly as a podcast and has amassed over 1 million downloads on Soundcloud, received a 2018 Best Comedy Podcast nomination from the British Podcast Awards, is one of The Observer’s top political podcasts picks, hit the top spot of the iTunes comedy chart, was highlighted as the Daily Telegraph’s podcast of the week and was nominated for the Internet Award at the Chortle Awards.
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Tickets for Palace Theatre available at www.southendtheatres.org.uk or box office 01702 351135

FURTHER LONDON DATES ADDED TO MATT FORDE’S NATIONAL TOUR
SOHO THEATRE 20-25TH JANUARY
Tickets are on sale now and available at mattforde.com
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